Window fly stop



Nov. 5, 929.

WITNESS:

F. SPERANZA WINDOW FLY STOP Filed Oct. 7, 1925 INVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented Nov. 5, 1929 I I I I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FERMINIO SPERANZA, or AVONMOBE, PENNSYLVANIA WINDOW FLY savor Application filed October 7, 1925. Serial No. 61,080.

My present invention has reference to a plate. The roll being of fabric will yield simple and effective means for preventing when in contacting engagement with the pane flies, other insects or drafts entering between so that all parts of the pane will be thus enthe sashes of a window casing. gaged the rope. A further object is to arrange upon the Having described the invention, I claim 55 lower rail of the upper sash in a window cas- A fly stop, comprising a plate designed to ing a plate which will contact with the outer be secured to the under face of an upper rail face of the pane on the lower sash, to arrange of a Window sash and to terminate adjacent in the window casing a screen carrying frame he glass pane in a lower sash and a roll of which is disposed outwardly with respect to comparatively thin fabric secured to the outer 60 the lower sash and to secure 0n the top of the edge Of said plate,'said roll adapted to fricsaid frame a second plate which has a wiping l nally engage the glass pane of a lower engagement with the outer face of the pane of the said lower sash, whereby insects and In esti ony WheIQOfI afiix my signature.

drafts will be prevented from entering be- FERMINIO SPERANZA. c

tween the sashes when the lower sash 1s I raised and likewise whereby the glass pane in the lower sash'will be wiped by the plates when the said sash is raised or lowered.

The drawing which accompanies and forms part of this application illustrates the improvement.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional view approximately 25 on the line 11 of Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a sectional view approximately I on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective View a of one of the plates which may be employed.

so In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a window casing having slidably arranged therein an upper and a lower sash. The lower or meeting rail of the upper sash is indicated for distinction by the numeral 2 and 35 on the under face of this rail there is su y I a ported a plate 3, preferably of metal. T e plate extends outwardly from the rail 2 and has a wiping engagement with the inner face of the pane of glass 4 in the lower sash 5. I

10 Secured in the casing, outwardly of the I lower sash there is a screen carrying frame 6. d On the top rail of this frame 6 there is secured u, an inwardly directed plate 7 One of the plates has secured on its outer edge a roll of 15 fabric such as an ordinary rope 8. This I fabric, of course, contacts with one of the faces of the glass pane of the lower sash. The rope or like fabric is comparatively thin and projects onl a slight distance beyond the 50 open edge 0 the plate and the faces of said 

